Transcript Dunlap CUSD #323 CogAT Presentation

COGAT: COGNITIVE ABILITIES TEST
What is it?
What information does it give us?
How can we use this to guide our instruction?
WHAT IS A STANDARDIZED TEST?
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It is not a mastery test.
It is designed to find out how much a student knows.
APPROPRIATE PURPOSES FOR TESTING
 Identify strengths and weaknesses of individual students
 Identify strengths and weaknesses of groups of students
 Provide feedback to students and parents
ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE OF LEARNING
Information obtained from the CogAT should be used with other information
about the student
Commercial
Created Tests
( Textbooks)
Performance
Assessments
Local District
Assessments
ISAT
Student
Self
Assessment
An Integrated Assessment
Program
Ability
Assessment
CogAT
Teacher Created
Formative & Summative
Tests
COGAT MEASURES
KEY REASONING
SKILLS
:
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Comprehending
problem situations
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Detecting
similarities and
differences
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Making inferences
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Making deductions
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Classifying and
categorizing objects,
events, and
other stimuli
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Creating and adapting
problem-solving
strategies
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Using familiar concepts
and skills in new
contexts
PRIMARY USES OF COGAT
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To guide efforts to adapt instruction to the
needs and abilities of students
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To identify students whose predicted levels of
achievement differ markedly from their
observed levels of achievement
COGAT MEASURES ABILITIES
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Verbal Ability – Best predictor of
academic success
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Quantitative Ability – “number sense” ability to see
relationship of numbers
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Nonverbal Ability – Best predictor of how fast a
student learns
APPROPRIATE PURPOSES FOR TESTING
Difference of 2 or More Stanine is Significant
COGAT SCORES
Scores Primarily Used by the District
 SAS
= Standard Age Score
 Range
50 to 160
 Average is 100
 APR=
Age Percentile 1 to 99
 AS = Age Stanine 1 to 9
Additional Scores:
 Raw Score = Number Correct
 USS = Universal Scale Score
 GPR = Grade Perrcentile 1-99
 GS = Grade Stanine 1-9
COGAT SCORE ALERTS: CHECK
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that student coded correct age
Too few items attempted to score
 Many items omitted (slow and accurate)
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the number attempted – 65 Verbal, 60
Quantitative and 65 Non-Verbal
Too few items attempted to score
 Many items omitted (slow and accurate)
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for discrepancies of 2 or more stanine between
V, Q, or NV
ABILITY PROFILE SYSTEM
Percentile Rank
Standard Age
Score
Ability Profile Score
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www.cogat.com
Click on interactive report and enter student profile
COGNITIVE ABILITY PROFILES
INFORMATIVE FOR TEACHERS & PARENTS
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A Profile= All Abilities roughly at sAme level
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B Profile = One of the Abilities is aBove or Below the
other B(N-) or B(V+)
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C Profile = Contrast A student shows a relative
strength and a relative weakness. C(V+ Q-)
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E Profile = Extreme difference between abilities
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www.cogat.com
Click on interactive report and enter student profile
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ABILITY PROFILE SYSTEM
View
Instructional
Strategies